Saturday shoppers can take advantage of free parking in a second town centre car park in Hinckley.

During a three-month trial the Mount Road long stay car park will be a ticketless zone every weekend. This is in addition to the free parking offered at Lower Bond Street, opposite the Atkins Building.

The scheme, which is designed to encourage shoppers into Hinckley during the re-development of the town centre, has already proved to be very popular with shoppers.

Council leader Stuart Bray said: “The free parking scheme in Lower Bond Street car park has been a huge success so we were keen to build on that by offering even more free parking in the town on Saturdays.

“I am hoping it will encourage people to keep shopping in the town, which has a great range of independent shops as well as a historic market for people to look round.”

The trial scheme is also supported by Hinckley BID. Jonathan White, Hinckley BID’s business development manager added: “We very much welcome these free parking initiatives and are sure both our businesses and their customers will benefit from it.”